CVE-2019-11229 Gitea Remote Code Execution

What is CVE-2019-11229?

CVE-2019-11229 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Gitea Gitea, published on 13 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

models/repo_mirror.go in Gitea before 1.7.6 and 1.8.x before 1.8-RC3 mishandles mirror repo URL settings, leading to remote code execution.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11229?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/go-gitea/gitea. It affects 1 product.

Products include Gitea Gitea.

How do I fix CVE-2019-11229?

Upgrade github.com/go-gitea/gitea to 1.7.6 or later.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-11229 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-11229 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Gitea Gitea

• CVE-2026-60004 Gitea Code Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-73278 Gitea WebAuthn bypass during OAuth and OIDC sign-in Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-94205 Gitea fork workflow approval bypass through maintainer-triggered events Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-42968 Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-45330 Improper Privilege Management in Gitea Critical 9.8

All Gitea Gitea vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hpmr-prr2-cqc4, GO-2022-0846.